The White House this week slammed the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee's plan for the Navy's cruiser modernization program, asserting the new restrictions would erase millions of dollars in planned cost savings and force the ships into early retirement. "The Administration strongly objects to the Committee's restrictions on the Department's plan to modernize its Ticonderoga Class Cruisers," according to an Office of Management and Budget statement released late Tuesday. "The Committee's provision would erase planned savings of $300 million to...
